66 Economist Quotes for You to Enjoy

I'm an economist by training. And I know that what works is a permanent increase in buying power. Sarah Steelman

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I am a former economist. I never went to photography school to learn photography. Sebastiao Salgado

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When I was starting out, when I put aside my career as an economist. I looked at every book, went to every show, did my first stories, developed my first films. A fabulous time. Sebastiao Salgado

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My colleague Bill Keegan has written a very short book ('Saving the World?') on an unlikely topic - he is the first economist to try to rehabilitate Gordon Brown. Simon Hoggart

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I don't imagine Heads of Government would ever be able to say I'm not an economist therefore I can't take decisions on matters of the economy; I'm not a soldier I can't take decisions on matters of defence; I'm not an educationist so I can't take decisions about education. Thabo Mbeki

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I never understand why 'economist makes forecast' is ever a headline. Whether the economist in question is from the International Monetary Fund, a City forecasting group or the Treasury - a forecast is still not news. Tim Harford

News Group City Never Headline Economist Forecast Forecasting Makes Understand Still Question Whether International Fund Why Ever Monetary Treasury

The intriguing aspect of food charges on airlines is that they create the perfect laboratory for any economist who wishes to study the question of how to price a good that possesses, by universal consensus, absolutely no objective value. Timothy Noah

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I spent many years of my life as an economist and demographer. I was finally distracted by writing my novels and poetry. I'm enormously happy that was the case. I feel that with writing I have found my metier. Vikram Seth

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I'm Harvard-educated; I'm an economist by training. I'm an author, a journalist, as well as being active in community development. Winona LaDuke

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An old friend of mine, an economist by trade, once explained to me that the statistical definition of 'dilemma' is 49.9% in favor and 50.1% against. If the gap is greater, there is no dilemma, because the answer is clear. Yair Lapid

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